KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A Kissimmee man accused of killing two police officers recently said that he had no remorse, records show.
Everett Miller is accused of killing Kissimmee police Officer Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Sam Howard Aug. 18 near a barbershop not far from Palmway and Cypress streets in Kissimmee.
Another inmate, Charles Brown, said Miller confessed to the shooting in January while in jail, records said.
Brown said, “He (Miller) said the cops stopped him right there in the barbershop. He said that's where he shot them, but he said he got back in his car and took off,” records said.
In phone calls Miller made to his mother and his girlfriend from jail, investigators said he mentioned he met an inmate from "the old neighborhood" named Charlie Brown, which could lend credibility to Brown's claims, WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.
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Brown said the two were reminiscing when Miller confessed and even said he had “no remorse” for killing the officers.
Brown said Miller told him, “(expletive) deserved to get it anyway. They were dirty cops any (expletive) way, he said they always (expletive) with me.”
Brown is in the Osceola County Jail being held on a probation violation from a domestic violence case.
Brown said he told investigators because he was shocked when he heard Miller say the officers deserved to die.
Miller faces two counts of first-degree premeditated murder.
"It's shocking that we got people in this world like that," said Felix Ortiz, a Kissimmee businessman who organized several fundraisers for the slain officers' families last year. "Everything we did with the fundraiser was with a lot of love and to help support the kids and families, and that's what we're here for."
Eddie Saunders, who works in downtown Kissimmee, said he was disgusted to learn of the alleged confession.
"I think it's one of the sickest things I've ever heard, because these gentlemen -- they put their lives on the line each and every day," he said.
Miller called Channel 9's newsroom Monday night to complain about his treatment at the jail, saying he's in isolation and on suicide watch.
Jail officials wouldn't comment, saying that would be a private medical issue, but they said they would check to see if Miller has had any disciplinary issues while jailed.
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